At Hot Foot, Anthony speculates that Mets GM Omar Minaya will win MLB’s Executive of the Year award, which will be announced tonight during the first night of the GM Meetings in Naples, FL.
…well, minaya better win…that’s all i have to say…

Appearing on tonight’s debut of Mets Hot Stove Report on SNY, the team’s COO Jeff Wilpon talked about a variety of off-season issues facing the Mets.
According to Wilpon, the Mets want Tom Glavine back, they have offered him a deal and it is up to the player whether he returns to Shea in 2007.
Regarding other [...]

At his blog for the Journal News, John Delcos, blogging from today’s groundbreaking ceremony, cites Mets COO Jeff Wilpon as saying his team has been in contact with agent Scott Boras with regards to free-agent LHP Barry Zito.

At Pick Me Up Some Mets, Zoe ponders on how Citi Field could have been a far worse name.
…actually, zoe, i fear that shi$ty field could end up being a name we get mocked with, should this organization ever slip in to another decade-long losing streak…the name is ripe for this sort of insult…not that i [...]

At SI.com, Jon Heyman reports definitively that the Red Sox have won negotiating rights to Japanese RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka.
…the question now is: will the Seibu Lions accept the bid and allow matsuzaka to negotiate with the red sox…

According to the Associated Press, MLB and the Japanese commissioner’s office will make simultaneous announcements tomorrow, Tuesday, at 8 pm EDT, to announce whether the Seibu Lions will accept the bid to negotiate with Daisuke Matsuzaka.  The name of the winning team will also be disclosed.
…get…it…over…with…already…

Dr. Blogstein, who is a Mets fan, rides a slippery slope from corporate-sponsored ballpark, which are a reality, to the inevitable corporate-sponsored base, ball and player.
…funny, actually, my friend, jordan, formerly of flushings future, noted to me earlier that the mets should take the first two season’s worth of sponsorship-money from citibank and send it to [...]

The Red Sox bid have $42 million for the right to negotiate with Japanese RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, according ESPN’s Peter Gammons, who adds that Boston’s bid far exceeded any other team’s offer.
Matsuzaka’s team, the Seibu Lions, have yet to announce whether or not they will accept the bid.  They have until Tuesday to make an [...]

According to the Associated Press, the Mets will open next season in St. Louis on April 1…
…ugh…you know what this means…the mets will have to stand there and watch the cardinals get their world series rings, and raise the national league championship banner…

The Marlins will entertain trading LHP Dontrelle Willis in exchange for a premium center fielder and a pitcher, writes Joe Capozzi in the Palm Beach Post.
However, in the Sun-Sentinel, Juan Rodriguez notes that the Marlins do not like Mets OF Lastings Milledge or Red Sox OF Coco Crisp, both of whom are young, play center field, [...]

According to ESPN News, the Rockies and 2B-SS Kaz Matsui have agreed to a one-year deal worth roughly $2 million.
In 113 at-bats spanning 32 games with the Rockies, Matsui hit .345 with 19 RBI and just eight strikeouts.
…good for you, kaz…good luck…

…there is a ton of buzz in chicago that the White Sox will look to trade at least one of RHP Freddy Garcia, RHP Javier Vazquez, LHP Mark Buehrle and RHP Jose Contreras, a) to free up salary, and b) to make room in their rotation for 23–year-old RHP Brandon McCarthy…
In the last three seasons, [...]

At his weekly mailbag for MLB.com, Braves beat writer Mark Bowman is asked whether he thinks Tom Glavine could end up re-joining the Braves in 2007.
Bowman writes…
“As much as I’d like to see Glavine back in Atlanta to win his 300th game, I just don’t see it happening. The Braves don’t need him as much [...]

Here are the two most noteworthy photos from today’s groundbreaking ceremony for Citifield, the club’s new stadium set to open in 2009.
…here is a series of people, including the mayor, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, David Wright, Jose Reyes, John Maine, others, digging in to the ground, as a way to honor the start of construction…
…here [...]

The gathering has now enetred the Q&A portion of the event.
Fred Wilpon announced that a statue of Jackie Robinson will be featured either in the stadium’s rotunda, or directly in front of the stadium, as a way to honor his accomplishments in society and in baseball.  The famous Robinson quote, “A life is not important [...]